The use of timber in buildings represents a strong alternative to traditional heavyweight materials in constructions. It allows CO2 storage, high structure and performance reproducibility, fast assembly and final certification ...

Improving the energy performance of buildings is one of the main aims of a good design process. In this process, also indoor environmental quality should play a vital role. By looking beyond the mere energy use and considering ...

In this work, point-to-point (PTP) trajectories based on well-known motion primitives such as trapezoidal profiles have been here addressed and studied with the aim to reduce the overall energy consumed. For this study, a ...

Extreme weather events, land use, and the presence of invasive species can act as pressures threatening biodiversity, resilience and ecosystem services. Particularly in the open cultural landscape, these pressures can ...

Most of the extra-hard varieties are produced in Italy. Some of them, such as Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano, and Pecorino Romano, rank among the most famous international cheeses and have maintained traditional features ...

The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea Drury is a polyphagus insect native of North America that became an invasive alien species in Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Russian Federation, Japan, Korea, China, and New Zealand ...

Among the most used hydraulic machines in the small-scale hydropower sector, Pump-as-Turbine (PaT) technology is suitable for both practical and economical aspects. These machines are already profitably applied in remote ...

The paper presents a series of modeling tools for pseudomorphic High Electron Mobility Transistors, discussing their physical content and presenting specific applications. The presented results will show the most peculiar ...

High Speed Optical Communications provides a comprehensive coverage of the design and modelling of the devices and systems required for optical communication networks. It will prove to be the essential reference text for ...

A series of new devices generically called “hot electron transistors” is based on the idea of improving the device performance by injecting fast electrons into thin base regions. We present here a theoretical study, based ...